I wonder what is the life expectancy for inmates sentenced for life . 1 The accident risk is reduce , comparing with the outside 2 Medical care is provided. 3 Food is clean 4 Exercise is encouraged I believe the population in the 80 years old would be healty
smoking rates are higher, rates of depression and suicide are higher, risk of physical violence is higher etc
I don't know if you are talking about American prison ? The maximum security I visit, There is no smoking , violence is not frequent in the facility of 4000 man , inmate after been 10 years in prison are adjusted , the new comers are some more violent, but the old one are more adjusted. Many inmates become adjusted to different religious believes, To some extent activity in prison are overblown by cinema
http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/resource_jails_prisons.pdf I don't know about the reliability of this link, never herd of them before so *shrug* http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/smokers-behind-bars-can-quit-too-4060/ http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1744 http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/pjdc0009st.pdf http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/09/22/mental-illness-human-rights-and-us-prisons I have done my best to find US sources so hopefully they will help you.
From my own personal experiences, I can substantiate most of what you say, plus it's a well-known adage inside that prison slows the aging process. Virtually all lifers and long-termers become surprisingly accustomed to prison life, learning to live in their smaller, slower, less exciting world (ie, they become "institutionalized"). And as you said about cinema, most American prisons are not composed of many dark, damp, dirty, dilapidated recesses (such as are depicted), but are well-lit, dry, clean and well-maintained. Even if the staff did not demand it, the inmates would make it happen anyway because it's not only their home, it's their entire world. The only exception I would make is that inmates have limited health care, and when the time comes to make those end-of-life decisions, they typically opt to accept the end more willingly and peacefully instead of valiantly expending every life-saving measure, the most expensive of which not being available to them anyway.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sns-health-poverty-shortens-life,0,23485.story Growing up in poverty shortens your lifespan...and a lot of prisoners were poor in the free world.
So it would seem that on average, compared to their cohort, prisoners (most having been poor) generally live healthier lives (better nutrition, better healthcare, perhaps no smoking, etc), and thus longer, lives.
Why As I was growing up , we had a dirt floor no outhouse , for water , my mother had to go 300 feet to the river to get water, and people steel do, there was no welfare . My father died at 89 years old , so what poverty have to do with longevity. Jail provides 3 meals, toilette, shelter , bed, clothing, TV or radio and heat during winter.
Surely you know that longevity, like all statistics, is an average of a large population. I'm happy for your father, but the lifespan of one single person is of almost no statistical value. What was the average age of death for the people in your village? I would imagine that with such poor sanitation, infancy and childhood mortality was high. That really lowers the average for the whole population.
It is hard to say, who the German did not kill and starved , the Bilsheviks sent to Siberia were my grandparents died from hunger and eating saw dust , my ants died in the middle 80 year old and there are some cousins in the 80 , I know this are insignificant number for statistics . My point is in our culture we don't sit and wait for relief.
